Nadine Labaki: ‘I really believe cinema can effect social change’
The Oscar nominee talks about being a female director in Lebanon, the child poverty that inspired her latest film and the Syrian refugee crisis
December 2015
Photos of the day
Photo highlights of the day
New East network
Isis, kidnappings and work-life balance: embattled journalists answer your questions
October 2015
Alex & Eve review – cultural clashes and baklava in a Greek-Lebanese love story
Women's rights and gender equality
Girls speak out: 'I want to be a lawyer, to take action for pregnant children'
September 2015
Poverty matters
Africa's children grow up, Mumbai's female cabbies, and laws that constrain women's roles
The African babies we’ve followed since 2005; an all-female taxi firm in India opens economic opportunities; and how legislation limits women’s prospects
David Cameron: EU countries must do more to fund refugee camps
British PM, on visit to camps in Lebanon and Jordan, says other countries should ‘step up to the plate’ and increase aid
Eyewitness
Eyewitness: Lebanon
Photographs from the Eyewitness series
May 2010
Samuel Maoz: my life at war and my hopes for peace
Samuel Maoz, the former Israeli tank gunner turned award-winning director talks about his controversial film, Lebanon, and why he's still in the line of fire. By Rachel Cooke
